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PATENTED JAN. l2, 1904.

E. VOM EIGEN.

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APPLICATION FILED ooT.12, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 12, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

BENNO VOM EIGEN, OF NEWARK, NEW J ERSEIT, ASSIGNOR TO AUG. GOER'IZ &OO., OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A FIRM.

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SPECIFICATIG forming part of, Letters Patent No. 749,479, dated January12, 1904.

Application ned timber 12, 1903. seriaiNo. 176,642. (Numan.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENNo voM EIGEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful i Improvements in Match and other Boxes;and

provements in that class of match and other boxes comprising -a metallicbox or case, a

pair of ornamental edge strips, and one or more ornamental face-plates,made of metal,

or other suitable material, bearing a design or picture or otherornamental matter or for the purpose of placing suitable printed matterthereon.

The principal object of this invention is to provide in the class ofmatch-boxes of the character above stated `a novel means of attachingthe face plate or plates and edge strips easily to the body of the boxor case I without any use of solder or rivets, as heretofore, preferablybyproviding the said body of the box or case and parts of the edgestrips with perforations which register with each other and the faceplate or plates with holding prongs or tongues which are inserted in andpassed through the'said holes or 'perforations and then bent overagainst the inner face or faces of the body of the box or case, therebyproviding a safe and positive as well as a simple and cheap means forsecuring a face-plate in position against the side of the box or casewithout any danger of the faceplate working loose or becoming displaced,as is now the case with thisclass'of matchboxes as ordinarily made.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more especiallymentioned will be clearly understood from the following description ofmy invention.

. The invention consists, therefore, in the novel construction ofmatch-box hereinafter ,1

`set forth; and, furthermore, the invention consists in the variousarrangements and combinations of the parts, as well as in the details ofthe construction thereof, all of which will be fully described in thefollowing specification and then finally embodied in the clauses of theclaim.

rlhe invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 a face View of a match-box made according to theprinciples of my present invention; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical section of the same, illustrating the means of securing theornamental face plate or plates and edge strips to the body of the boxor case by means of holding prongs or tongues connected with the faceplate or plates. Fig. 3 is a face view of the box or case with the edgestrip or strips in position, but with the face-plate removed; and Fig. 4is a similar view of the body of the box or case with both theface-plate and edge strips omitted. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectionalrepresentation, on an enlarged scale, of the body of the box, its edgestrips, both provided with the registering perforations, and the prongedface-plates, illustrating the manner of inserting said prongs ,in thesaid perforations and then bending them over against the inner faces ofthe body of the box or case. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views,respectively, of one of the edge strips and a face-plate. Fig. 8 is aface view of the body of a match-box and a pair of edge strips, one ofwhich is represented in its detached `position from the one edge ofthebox, the said view representing a slightly-modified arrangement ofsecuring the edge strips in place before the attachment of theface-plate; and Fig. 9 is a detail vertical-section, taken on line 9 9in said Fig. 8 and upon an enlarged scale.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of theabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

In the said drawings the reference character l indicates the body of amatch box or case,

and the same comprises` the two sides 2, the ends 3, the bottom 4, andthe usual hinged cover 5. The said sides may be provided with the usualornamental beads 6, and near the edges 3 of the box or case the 'saidsides 2 are made withl suitably-disposed I holes or perfo- Y rations 7,as will be seen from Figs. 2, 4, 8, and 9.

Suitably arranged over the outer faces of the edges 3 of the body of thebox or case 1 are suitable edge strips 8, preferably of metal, the saidstrips being made channel shape, as illustrated, and their leaves 9being sprung over the edge portions of the sides 2 of the box or case 1and having holes or perforations 10, which register with the holes orperforations 7 in the sides 2 of the box or casing, as illustrated. rlhesaid leaves 9 of the edge strips 8 may also be made with ornamentalbeads 11, as indicated in the drawings; but these beads are notessential and may be dispensed with. rIhe holes or perforations 7 in thesides 2 of the box or case and the holes or perforations 10 in theleaves 9 of the edge strips, as indicated in the construction ofmatch-box represented in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, are made of the samesize, or approximately so, the edge strips 8 being held in place byfrictional Contact of the leaves 9 with the body of the box or case v1prior to arranging the face-plate 12 against the outer face of a side 2and against the leaves 9 of the two edge strips 8 upon the opposite ends3 of the box. As illustrated, the said face plate or plates 12, whichare preferably made of metal and are provided with any ornament, such asa picture or design or advertising matter, are provided along theirmarginal edges or at any other points with downward extending holdingprongs or tongues 13, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings.These prongs or tongues 13 are passed through the registering holes orperforations 10 and 7 of the edge strips 8 and the sides 2 of the box orcase and then bent over against the inner faces of the said box or fcase, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5 ofY the drawings. It willthus be clearly evident that by providing the face plate or plates 12with the holding prongs or other holding means forming an integral partof the faceplate and inserting the same through the holes orperforations of the edge strips 8 and the sides 2 of the body of the boxor case and then securing said holding vmeans against the inner face ofthe box or case a simple and cheap fastening means for securing theparts together has been provided and with the linal result that all theparts of the box or case are securely united and there is no possibilityof the face plate or plates working loose or becoming detached, as is sooften the case where the face-plates and the edge strips aresolderedfast to the body of the box or where the faceplates have their edgesslipped beneath and held in position by means of guides or receivingportions connectedvwith the edge strips.

` In Figs. 8 and 9 I have represented a slightlymodified means forattaching the edge strips 8 in position upon the ends 3 of the body ofthe box or case 1 prior to securing the face plate or plates 12 inposition by means of their holding prongs or tongues 13. In thisconstruction, as will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 8, the holes orperforations 7 in the sides 2 of the box or case are made of greaterlength than the holes or perforations 10 in the leaves 9 of the edgestrips 8, and when the edge strips are arranged upon the ends 3 of thebody of the box, with the smaller holes or perforations 10 arrangedabove the larger holes or perforations 7 by means of a proper die orother tool, the edge portions 14 (see Fig. 8) are stamped out at theopposite edges of the holes or perforations 10 to provide the said edgestrips with downwardly-extending holding-lugs 15, which extend into thesaid holes or perforations 7 in the sides 2 of the box or case 1, asrepresented in Fig. 9 of the drawings, and thereby prevent thelongitudinal slip or displacement of the said edge strips 8 from thebody of the box during the process of manufacture and prior topositively and inally securing the said edge strips or pieces and theornamental face-plates in position in the manner above specified.

From the previous description of my invention it will be seen that Ihave devised a simple and neat construction of match and other box inwhich the edge strips and the face plate or plates are easily andquickly assembled and are positively secured together without theemployment of solder or rivets,where by there is a great saving in costof material and in time and labor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In abox, thecombination, with the body of the box and its edge strips, of aface-plate, and means on said face-plate arranged for holding engagementwith said edge strips and the body of the box, for securing the saidfaceplate and said edge strips in fixed positions upon the body of thebox, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a box, the combination, with the body of the box and its edgestrips, of a face-plate, and integrally-formed holding-prongs on saidface-plate arranged for holding engagement with said edge strips and thebody of the box, for securing the said face-plate and said edge stripsin fixed positions upon the body of the box, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

3. In a box, thevcombination, with the body of the box and edge strips,the said body of the box and edge strips being provided with holes whichregister with each other, of a faceplate; and holding means on saidface-plate extending through the holes in said edge strips and the bodyof the box and in holding engagement with the inner faces of the body ofthe box, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

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` of the box and edge strips, the said body of` y the box and edgestrips being provided With holes which register with each other, of afaceplate, and prongs on said face-plate extending through the holes inthe edge strips and the `body of the box, said prongs being bent overagainst the inner faces of the said body, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

5. In a box, the combination, with the body of the box, of a pair ofedge strips, holdingleaves on each edge strip arranged'to embrace v theends of the body of the box, the said body of the box and the leaves ofthe edge strips `being provided with holes which register with eachother, a face-plate and holding means on said face-plate extendingthrough the holes in the leaves of the edge strips and the body of thebox and in holding engagement with the inner faces of the said body,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In abox, thecombination, With the body of the box, of a pair of edgestrips, `holdingleaves on each edge strip arranged to embrace the endsof the body of the box, the said body of the box and the leaves of theedge strips being provided With holes which register With each other, aface-plate, and `prongs on said face-plate extending through the holesin said leaves of the edge strips and the body of the box, said prongsbeing bent over against the inner faces of the said bodyfsubstantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

7 In a box, the combination, With the body `of the box, provided withholes, of a pair of-` edge strips, holding-leaves on each edge striparranged to embrace the ends of the body of the box, the leaves of saidedge strips being provided with holes which register with the holes inthe body of the box, holding-lugs extending from the said leaves inengagement with portions of the body of the box, a faceplate, andholding means on said face-plate extending through the holes in theleaves of the edge strips and the body of the box and in holdingengagement With the inner faces of the body of the box, substantially asand for the purposes set` forth.

8. In a box, the combination, With the body of the box, provided withholes, of a pair of edge strips, holding-leaves on each edge striparranged to embrace the ends of the body of the box, the leaves ofsaidedge strips being provided Withholes which register with the holesin the body of the box, holding-lugs extending from the said leaves inengagement With portions of the body of the box, a faccplate, and prongson said face-plate extending through the holes in said leaves of theedge strips and the body of the box, said prongs beingbent over againstthe inner faces of the said body, substantially as and for the purposesset forth. v,

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 28th day of September, 1903. y

BENN() voM EIGEN.

Witnesses: n

.FREDiL C. FRAENTZEL,

GEO. D. RICHARDS.

